Forty-one percent of Filipino families rated themselves as food-poor and 10 percent as borderline, with home food production more common among borderline (63%) and food-poor (54%) households than among not food-poor families (42%), according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.
The survey showed that among families producing at least a portion of their food, 86% planted crops, 59% raised livestock, and 7% farmed fish. Crops were the most common home-produced food in all regions, with Metro Manila registering 100 percent, followed by the Visayas (86%), Balance Luzon (85%), and Mindanao (85%).
Livestock was the second most common home-produced food, led by Mindanao (65%), Balance Luzon (58%), the Visayas (56%), and Metro Manila (17%). Fish farming was minimal, with 8 percent in Balance Luzon, 7% in the Visayas, 5% in Mindanao, and none reported in Metro Manila.
The survey also found that families producing a large share of their food were more prevalent in the Visayas (12%) and Mindanao (11%), compared with Metro Manila (1%) and Balance Luzon (7%). Rural households (13%) were more likely than urban households (3%) to produce most of their food.
The SWS survey was conducted from June 25 to 29, 2025, with 1,200 respondents nationwide. It reported sampling error margins of ±3% for national figures and ±6% for each regional breakdown.
